COMMON
C650
Cessna Citation III/VI/VII
The Fast Citation
“The Citation that ended the slow jokes.”
Cessna (Textron) · private
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Length
55 ft 6 in
Wingspan
53 ft 6 in
Max speed
460 kts
Range
2,300 nmi
Ceiling
51,000 ft
Engines
2x Garrett TFE731-3B
Crew
2
Max passengers
9
Typical config
7-9 (executive)
Built
360 (III/VI/VII)
Early Citations were famously gentle and famously slow — rivals called them Slowtations. The Citation III was Cessna's answer: a clean-sheet swept wing, a stand-up cabin, and real speed at 51,000 feet. It reset what the Citation name meant and paved the way for the Citation X.
Fun fact
The Citation III flies at up to 51,000 feet — above almost all airline traffic and most weather.
How to spot one
Mid-size bizjet with a long pointed nose and a sharply swept wing — the instant tell versus the straight-winged small Citations. T-tail, long low fuselage.
Crews call it
The Six-Fifty
Sounds like
Garrett TFE731s — a smooth, slightly raspy business-jet whine
One might be overhead right now.
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